Chabad Shliach Attacked in Sweden
Rabbi Shneur Kesselman, Shliach to Malmo, Sweden, was attacked on Motzei Shabbos by men in a passing vehicle. The attackers threw objects and yelled anti-Semitic epithets at him. The incident occurred two days after the city’s main synagogue was vandalized.
From the JTA:
A rabbi from the Swedish city of Malmo was attacked by men who hurled objects at him from a car and used anti-Semitic pejoratives. Rabbi Shneur Kesselman was assaulted on Saturday night along with a member of his congregation, the Sydsvenskan daily reported Sunday.
The attack, which resulted in no physical injuries, came two days after the southern city’s main synagogue was vandalized, when unidentified individuals smashed three of the building’s windows by hurling objects at them.
The assault against Kesselman, who has been the subject of dozens of similar attacks in Malmo over the past decade, happened as he and congregant Hugo Klein were walking away from the synagogue at 9 p.m.
According to the Sydvenskan report, a car approached them with several men inside who called out “f***ing Jews” and hurled a glass bottle at Klein and Kesselman. The bottle shattered on a wall behind them. Earlier that evening, a lighter was thrown at the men from a passing car.
